The Alpha's Defiant Luna
"I won't accept it. I won't let you give up. Not now. Not after everything we've survived. Not after everything we've fought for."
Elena's silver-blue eyes flickered with shadows, the darkness within her surging in response to his intensity. She could feel it coiling inside her, hungry and restless, waiting for the moment of weakness that would allow it to take control. "You don't have a choice, Kaelen. This isn't something you can fight. This isn't something you can fix with determination or love. The darkness is inside me, and it's growing. I can feel it eating away at everything I am. Every day, I lose a little more of myself."